One Win Is Not a Lasting Majority

Longtime Senate staffer and historian Adam Jentleson thinks that sometimes a big win is the least interesting thing that could happen to his party. His question is what comes after: whether a midterm won on backlash lasts, or evaporates the way every majority of the past decade has.The answer turns on a distinction candidates blur at their peril.Jentleson spent two decades inside Democratic politics, as chief of staff to former Sen. Harry Reid (NV) and, for a brief time, chief of staff to Sen. John Fetterman (PA). His new book is Supermajority: How Democrats Can Build Lasting Power.We spoke on my WhoWhatWhy podcast just before the election which now give his thoughts added relevance. Get full access to Talk Cocktail Podcast at jeffschechtman.substack.com/subscribe